Malawi storm survivors place hope in solar power to switch on 'new life'
Development agency Practical Action found solar micro-grids built with storm risks in mind were largely able to withstand Cyclone Idai and could help local people recover faster
U.S. deports 37 Cambodian refugees after criminal convictions
Some of them, after spending most of their lives in the United States, were sent back to Cambodia having fled the genocidal Khmer Rouge in the 1970s
India's top court sides with indigenous people over illegal mining fallout
Indigenous people in Meghalaya have been granted full rights over land and any resources on it, and only they can grant permission for mining, following a "historic" legal victory
At least 44 die as air strike hits Libya migrant detention centre -UN
Some 6,000 migrants are held in government-run detention centres in what human rights groups and the United Nations say are often inhuman conditions
An ever-expanding job for border agents: sensitive decisions on migrants' fates
Some border patrol officers also are beginning to have increased authority in a separate, high-stakes decision-making process for asylum seekers
Italy's Salvini brands release of migrant rescue ship captain as politically biased
Rackete's Sea-Watch ship was the first NGO vessel to challenge Salvini's rules which effectively close ports to rescue ships
More than 100 civilians killed in South Sudan violence after peace deal-U.N. report
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but descended into a civil war two years later. A 2018 study found that nearly 400,000 people have died as a result of the war
OPINION: Europe must do more to protect landless communities in trade with Brazil
The recently signed EU-Mercosur trade deal could lead to yet more land conflict in the Brazilian Amazon
At least 44 dead, 130 wounded in strike on migrant centre in Libya - U.N.
The strike "clearly amounts to the level of a war crime" said U.N. Libya envoy
German migrant rescue ship captain moved to secret location after threats
The controversy over Carola Rackete's actions has highlighted Europe's failure to adopt a coherent strategy on immigration